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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

2013 Results: Bonds, Clemens, Piazza and Biggio are elected to the Hall of Merit!

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posted on December 12, 2012 at 10:14 PM by Joe Dimino to history | 61 comment(s)

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza and Craig Biggio have been elected to the Hall of Merit!

The timing for our first year electing 4 candidates could not have worked out better, since class of 2013 is the strongest in terms of electees that we’ve ever had. The top of the 1934 ballot included Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins, Pop Lloyd, Smokey Joe Williams and Cristobal Torriente, but only 2 were elected.

Bonds and Clemens were each unanimous at 1 and 2. I believe that’s the first ...

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1. Gonfalon Bubble posted on July 26, 2011 at 10:27 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

But the pink, red and blue "cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater" plaques are still a go, right?

2. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship

posted on July 26, 2011 at 10:34 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Contrary to a report in Monday’s New York Post, the National Baseball Hall of Fame is not considering dropping the waiting period for players to be eligible for induction from five to three years.

In other news, The Hall of Fame also denied the Post's report that Rupert Murdoch was slated to be its next President.

3. Koot posted on July 26, 2011 at 11:43 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I like when people go out of their way to call out writers who make up stories. It reminds of when Sidney Ponson claimed that the Red Sox were trying to sign him before he landed with the Yankees. Most of the time this kind of BS is just left out there with no response. But, Theo came out and said that the story was untrue and they had no interest in Ponson, and that you could quote him on that.

I guess it's nice that it's kind of rare, because it makes it that much more embarrassing for the liar involved.

4. The Yankee Clapper posted on July 26, 2011 at 12:34 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

CHASS-NUT: HALL OF FAME TRIAL BALLOON PUNCTURED BY YESTERDAY'S BBTF THREAD, MR. PRESIDENT!

5. Steve Treder posted on July 26, 2011 at 04:43 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Hopefully this stupefyingly dumb idea will be put out of its misery for good.

6. Dag Nabbit has the talking pillow posted on July 26, 2011 at 07:38 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Good to hear.

7. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship

posted on July 26, 2011 at 08:10 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

And they're not even going to move it to un-godforsaken New York City. Who wudda guessed it?

8. spike posted on July 26, 2011 at 10:00 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

What, move to the hometown of Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon? Highly dubious, I must say.

9. DanG posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

To gain "proper historical perspective" on candidates, if five years is good, wouldn't a ten-year wait be even better? Or 20-years?

Having got all that out of the way, I will only say that I favor shortening the wait to three years, or even two, IF they also set a minimum age for eligibility. Has any player ever had a HOF or near-HOF career in MLB, then been out of MLB for 2+ years, and then returned to add significantly to his resume after turning age 40?

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2013 Results: Bonds, Clemens, Piazza and Biggio are elected to the Hall of Merit!

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